Tag: Samuel Johnson
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Words are but the signs of ideas.
Samuel Johnson
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Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.
Samuel Johnson
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He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
Samuel Johnson
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What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that which was proved true before, prove false again? Two hundred more.
Samuel Johnson
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When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.
Samuel Johnson
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He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.
Samuel Johnson
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Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.
Samuel Johnson
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He who praises everybody, praises nobody.
Samuel Johnson
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It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.
Samuel Johnson
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
Samuel Johnson